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31 Jul 2008

Din l-Art Helwa presents suggestions to the Prime Minister on Mepa reform

Din l-Art Helwa Press Release – 31 July 2008 This afternoon Din l-Art Helwa presented a series of suggestions to the Prime Minister as part of the ongoing discussions on the reform of Mepa. Din l-Art Helwa is pleased that the Prime Minister has taken on the reform of Mepa and is giving it the importance it deserves. Whilst accepting that Mepa...

27 Jul 2008

More ODZs on virgin land, by Alan Deidun

Sunday Times of Malta, 27th July 2008 – During May, 14 per cent of outside development zone (ODZ) applications (17 out of 123) submitted to the Malta Environment and Planning Authority proposed extending the development boundaries further out onto uncommitted land. In June, such applications rose to 20 per cent (24 out of 118). The lion’s share of all ODZ applications is...

08 Jul 2008

Important archaeological sites must be given maximum protection – Din l-Art Helwa

Din l-Art Helwa Press Release – 8th July 2008 Din l-Art Helwa is pleased to note that the Heritage Team at Mepa was vigilant enough to discover important archaeological remains dating to the Temple Period at a demolition site in Tarxien. This site lies within the buffer zone of the Neolithic Temples, and the discovery is being described as the most...

06 Jul 2008

The Mepa reform dust trap, by Petra Bianchi

Maltatoday, 6th July 2008 A new chairman of the Malta Environment and Planning Authority has been appointed. We wish him well, recognising that he has a formidable task ahead to sort out the many insidious problems lurking within the organisation that he has accepted to captain. The current problems are not of his making, but he now has the duty of trying...

06 Jul 2008

Ruinous development, by Joanna Spiteri Staines

Letter to the Sunday Times of Malta, 6th July 2008 The New York Times (June 25) carried a travelogue on Malta. As I read the blogs I came across the following; “Last month, I took my wife and three children to Malta for a week. Your story brought back some wonderful memories which are still very fresh in my mind. All you’ve said...

23 Jun 2008

MPs and Planning

DLH Press Release 23rd June 2008 Din l-Art Helwa was dismayed to hear a Member of Parliament state openly on the television programme ‘Vici Versa’ on 18 June, that MPs from both sides of the House regularly contact a certain Mepa official who acts as a type of “liason officer” on their behalf, to enquire about the planning...

02 Apr 2008

Din l-Art Helwa requests MEPA Auditor to investigate Mistra Village Report

2nd April 2008 This morning Din l-Art Helwa requested the MEPA Auditor, Mr Joseph Falzon, to review the contents of the DPA Report drawn up by the MEPA Planning Directorate for planning application 05538/04. This application proposes the redevelopment of the site known as ‘Mistra Village’ in Xemxija, St Paul’s Bay. In particular, the Auditor...